“Survivors lived with their mistakes.”
“You told me it was a mistake to fight the scarred warriors. They were the survivors.”
“We cry survivor to survivor.”
“It is the way, isn't it? With humans and free thought. They only learn through terrible mistakes. Free thought does not make wisdom. Instead it creates enough space for men to commit terrible folly, from which the survivors learn through disaster.”
“Through the ages, many different groups have called themselves victims. Some came through wars and massacres. Some were slaves or minorities. But the Jews, who have always been victimized throughout history, don’t see themselves as victims. We see ourselves as survivors. The difference between survivors and victims is that survivors go on with their lives after a tragedy, whereas victims continue to wallow in self-pity.”
“we’re allowed to make a lot of mistakes in our lives, except the mistake that destroy us”